Shaq: Why can't he shoot a free-throw?

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i won't criticize him sincce i bet i can't make 50% of my own free throws.

But you're not a pro athlete making millions a year. If he has a bad wrist, I can accept that, but for the money he makes, he should be practicing day and night to improve himself in that aspect. Look at Larry Bird, he was always up near 90%, and that came from desire to be the best. Granted he was a forward and not a center, but imo Shaq should be at worst 70-75%.

 

[dahunan]

Jerry West used to practice shooting until his fingertips bled :Q

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: dolph

Originally posted by: SendTrash
its all in his head.. he does/did hire free throw coaches.. even that one guy who has the current record for most free throws made in a row... he also practices hours before games.. but he just can't do it when it counts... its like writer's block, but for athletes

exactly. he shoots thousands of free throws in practice and nails a lot more of them than he does when it counts. that's why hack-a-shaq is such a good strategy.

Hack-a-Shaq is a horrible strategy that I've rarely seen work. That's why most coaches don't use it. Especially this year that Shaq is shooting 60%.

 

[dquan97]

My free throw percentage is probably around 80-90%. I make a game of 21 really short

 

[SammyBoy]

Originally posted by: dquan97
My free throw percentage is probably around 80-90%. I make a game of 21 really short

That's just cuz you aint playing with Tap-Masta-Sam


Also...to the guy earlier who said he can shoot a mini ball as well as a real basketball...we're talking about 15+ feet on a 10 foot hoop, not from your computer chair to your basketball hoop hamper without getting off your fat behind

I'm pretty bad at B-ball, I'll admit (although probably better than 85% or so on this forum, hehe), and I can shoot about as good as Shaq percentage-wise from the line. True, I don't have a wrist injury, and I'm not an overgrown mammoth, and my hands arent the size of a lard octopus, but I also am not shooting infront of 30,000 fans, doing the only thing I get critisized about in my whole game.

Poor Shaq

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: dquan97
My free throw percentage is probably around 80-90%. I make a game of 21 really short

whatever. when i play 21 i shoot from the three point line because free throws are like layups. have to give myself a challenge.

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: dquan97
My free throw percentage is probably around 80-90%. I make a game of 21 really short

whatever. when i play 21 i shoot from the three point line because free throws are like layups. have to give myself a challenge.

btw, I have only one hand.




(jk)

 

[Jmman]

Well, I have played lots of basketball, and what it seems to me is that the taller you are, the harder it must be to shoot a free throw. At his height, there is very little arc on the ball........